J Pan wrote: > taara is more like a laser bridge for point-to-point, mostly > stationary nodes, on the ground? That's how I interpret what's in the posted article. David Lang > -- > J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM David Lang via Starlink > wrote: >> >> Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote: >> >>> On 2025-03-17 at 15:50, David Lang via Starlink wrote: >>>> >>>> but the claim that it will be far cheaper than Starlink?? that tower and >>>> a ground station that tracks the satellites in real time is going to be >>>> FAR more expensive than a dishy. Since it's going to be in motion at all >>>> times, it's got mechanical parts to wear out, and physically re-aiming a >>>> laser between connections (on both ends) is going to be a lot slower >>>> than electronic aiming of a phased array antenna. >>> >>> Could'nt you have a phased laser array? >> >> nope, the lasers are far more directional and don't interact with each other >> enough. >> >> David Lang >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >